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3-Sep-2018 The Mainichi
RCEP ministers OK package of deliverables to be reached by year-end
The package comprises four components — market for goods, services, investment and also intellectual property rights. -
1-Sep-2018 Reuters
US to move ahead with Mexico trade pact, keep talking to Canada
US-Canada trade talks ended with no deal to revamp NAFTA, and President Donald Trump notified Congress of his intent to sign a bilateral trade pact with Mexico. -
31-Aug-2018 Washington Post
Friday isn’t the real deadline for ‘NAFTA 2.0’
Trump’s push to get a deal with Canada is a negotiating tactic and attempt to move something before the new Mexican president takes office. -
31-Aug-2018 Reuters
PM May says Britain committed to free trade with Kenya after Brexit
The prime minister has used her first official visit to the region of more than one billion people to stress that Britain’s relationship with former colonies, including Kenya and other African nations. -
31-Aug-2018 RFI
NAFTA deal close, but obstacles remain
US and Canada officials continue to meet but there are three key issues to resolve: dairy, intellectual property, dispute settlement. -
31-Aug-2018 The Mainichi
RCEP ministerial meeting kicks off in Singapore
Trade ministers from 16 countries that are negotiating for an Asia-wide free trade pact began a two-day meeting in Singapore. -
31-Aug-2018 CGTN
China, Botswana agree to promote ties to higher level
Speaking of the Belt and Road Initiative, China welcomes Botswana’s participation in and support to the infrastructure and trade framework. -
31-Aug-2018 Politico
EU says it is willing to scrap car tariffs in US trade deal
Malmström insists discussions are not about ‘restarting TTIP’ but aiming for ‘a more limited trade agreement.’ -
30-Aug-2018 JDSupra
Micula: ICSID enforcement before the English Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal maintained the stay of enforcement of Viorel Micula and others v Romania award, but overturned his decision on security, ordering that Romania should provide £150 million as a term of the stay. -
30-Aug-2018 Sydney Morning Herald
Free trade ’agreement’ between Australia, Indonesia only one page long
An Indonesian foreign ministry briefing confirmed that the agreement Australian Prime Minister hopes to sign will only be a preliminary one. -
30-Aug-2018 The Guardian
Nafta betrayal points to bleak future for US-Canada relationship
Canadians feel stabbed in the back by Mexico after it agreed a separate trade deal with Trump. -
30-Aug-2018 Vox
Trump’s trade deal with Mexico gives workers more rights than NAFTA. But there’s a catch
When NAFTA was signed, it included labor protections for workers in all three countries. But labor complaints filed through the NAFTA labor dispute process have led nowhere. -
30-Aug-2018 Africa Intelligence
Now Carlyle turns to ICSID over $400 million SAMIR claim
Already faced with an arbitration case at ICSID brought by the company’s former owner, Morocco now faces another started on August 22 by giant US asset management group Carlyle. -
30-Aug-2018 Tralac
Joint release by USTR Robert Lighthizer and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Peter Munya
United States Trade Representative and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives announced the establishment of a US-Kenya Trade and Investment Working Group to explore ways to deepen the trade and investment ties between the two countries. -
30-Aug-2018 Tralac
Joint statement on UK, SACU and Mozambique EPA
Progress was made on a future UK, SACU, and Mozambique EPA that will ensure that the parties maintain the current market access and replicate the effects of the existing EU-SADC EPA. -
29-Aug-2018 Interfax
UK seeks to prepare FTA with Ukraine by mid-2019
The United Kingdom is ready to talks with Ukraine on the bilateral free trade agreement that would regulate trade and economic relations after Brexit. -
29-Aug-2018 Australian Financial Review
Grain growers, cattlemen big winners in free trade deal with Indonesia
The free trade agreement with Indonesia is set to give grain growers new avenues into their biggest wheat market and put cattle producers in northern Australia on their strongest footing since 2011. -
29-Aug-2018 Premium Times
US plans bilateral free trade agreements with African countries
The US is looking for African countries that would be interested in having bilateral free trade agreements with. -
29-Aug-2018
EU-Mercosur FTA: 10 draft chapters (July 2018)
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29-Aug-2018 Institute for Public Accuracy
Statement on NAFTA’s “Kafkaesque” turn
Not only the negotiations have not been finalized, and without Canada, but the texts remain hidden from the public.